After installing a wireless LAN, you might find that it doesn’t support applications as expected. Users may complain of erratic connections and slow performance, which hampers the use and benefits of applications. When this happens, you’ll need to do some troubleshooting. Start by finding the root cause of the problems. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Deployment
Westminster Council Widens Wi-Fi Network
A pioneering public sector wireless network is being extended, and should eventually bring Wi-Fi to local residents. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Pipex ‘Encouraged’ By WiMAX Trials
UK-based Pipex is “encouraged” by trials of its WiMAX wireless broadband service and is pressing ahead with further tests, it revealed today. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi VIA The Rails
VIA Rail Canada has made Wi-Fi official. After over a year of trials, the railway said last week that it has a five-year contract in place to put wireless in reach of not only passengers, but for business as well – imagine wireless entertainment services and ticketing in the future. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
San Francisco Gets Wi-Fi Feet Wet With ‘Hot Zones’
MetroFi Inc., a maker of wireless mesh network gear, has set up three “hot zones” in the city that are available now, the Mountain View, California, company said Tuesday. The city awarded MetroFi the right to set up the zones through a request for proposal (RFP) process that began in April, according to Chuck Haas,… Continue Reading
How To Make Wireless Networking Work
Ah, the joy of wireless networking! No more tripping over messy cables or taking turns on the internet. Whether it’s a PC in the bedroom or a notebook PC in your garden, wireless networking, or Wi-Fi, means you can use a computer where it suits you without a cable in sight. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Mosquito Killer Coming To A Porch Near You
A biotechnology company with a specialty in killing mosquitoes is turning to wireless technology and computers to make a killing for itself. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Macedonia Leads World With Wi-Fi
Formerly part of Yugoslavia and previously better known as a potential ethnic trouble spot, Macedonia is now rapidly becoming a wi-fi hotspot. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Google Expands Coverage Offer To Mountain View
Internet search giant Google has offered to bring free wireless Internet, or WiFi, connections to Mountain View, the city of its corporate headquarters. Via [siliconvalley.com]… Continue Reading
Intel-Based WiMAX Networks Under Way With 24 Carriers Worldwide
According to Intel, thirteen carriers from around the world are now deploying the world’s first fixed WiMAX networks based on Intel’s WiMAX technologies, delivering high-speed broadband access to businesses and residences from Germany to Guatemala. Eleven more carriers are preparing to deploy additional Intel-based WiMAX networks by year’s end. Via [geekzone.co.nz]… Continue Reading
Beijing To Go Wireless For Olympic Games
Wireless technology will help visitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics navigate the city and cope with the language barrier. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
MIT Wireless Network Tracks Info On Users
In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today’s student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Europe Leads On HotSpot Access
Europe has become the world leader in the public availability of wireless internet access points, or hotspots, according to figures published last week. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Hospital Goes Wireless To Track Patients
Birmingham’s Heartlands hospital is using wireless networking in its ear, nose and throat department to improve efficiency and patient care. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Leader: Free Wireless Net Access For Everyone
Should the UK offer free wireless internet access everywhere and to everyone? If one council, such as Islington, can do it, should the rest of the councils – or central government – follow its lead? Via [silicon.com]… Continue Reading